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Next Generation Apple M2 Processor In Production
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Apple's successor to the M1 flint, currently called the M2, is more likely to appear in MacBooks by the end of the year. The new report says the processor is already in production and could start shipping as early as July.
This timeline seems to confirm report, made earlier this month that said the M2 processor would go into production and therefore be in pre-built Macbook builds by the fall. If production has indeed begun, Apple is sticking to that schedule despite a huge shortage of silicon, from which most computer manufacturers have suffered since last year .
According to a recent report Nikkei and message Engadget , the new chips are made by a key Apple supplier called Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which is one of the world's largest chip manufacturers using a semiconductor manufacturing technology called "5nm plus," or "N5P." This advanced chipset currently takes about three months to build, which means rumors of a first batch of devices arriving in July 2021 fit well with the mass production schedule. Rumor has it that the first devices to feature the new chip in this timeline could be the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros.
With the M1 chipsets already in use delivering up to 85% faster CPU performance and nearly twice the graphics performance of similar devices using the Intel chipset, the introduction of the chips in the rest of Apple's lineup will be a boon for Apple fans. Moreover, according to research firm IDC, the move to work from home due to the global pandemic has fueled a jump in Mac sales and shipments by more than 29% in 2020. In the first quarter of this year, this trend continued even more. Mac sales and shipments are up 111% year-over-year.
The Apple Silicon line is a so-called "system on a chip" that combines a central processing unit (CPU), graphics processing units (GPUs), and artificial intelligence (AI) accelerators on a single chip. Apple's goal is to eventually use this chipset on all of its devices, not just MacBooks, Mac Minis, and iMacs. According to Nikkei Apple intends to completely replace Intel's chip offerings over the next two years with its own to further differentiate its products from competitors.
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